Posted at 4:27 p.m., Thursday, January 24, 2008
Papaya output up 18% in November from year ago
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i papaya production totaled 3.1 million pounds in November, which was down 8 percent from October, but up 18 percent from November 2006.Cumulative sales for the first 11 months of 2007 totaled 27 million pounds, which was 11 percent higher than the comparable period in 2006, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Papaya growers received 37 cents a pound for fresh fruit in November, which was unchanged from October and down from 1.3 cents from November 2006.
